Jesse L. Martin
born 1969American stage, musical theatre, film and television actor
Famous people · Penhook
33 famous people were born within 35 miles of Penhook
Closest of all is Jesse L. Martin, from Rocky Mount, 14 mi away. The best known of them is John C. Mather, with articles in 70 languages. Of the bordering towns, Union Hall has a list, with Norwood Francis Allman. Not one famous person on record comes from Penhook yet.
Born nearby
33
within 35 miles
Closest
27 mi
John C. Mather
Best known
John C. Mather
in 70 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Penhook’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Penhook
The 33 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Lillie Barbour
1885–1985American suffrage activist and labor advocate
Claudia Emerson
1957–2014American academic, writer and poet
John C. Mather
born 1946American astrophysicist and cosmologist
Henrietta Lacks
1920–1951American woman whose cancer cells are the source of the HeLa cell line
Tony Atlas
born 1954American professional wrestler, bodybuilder, and powerlifter
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Penhook and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. Nearby people are those born in a town within 35 miles; distances are town center to town center. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (19)
- John C. Mather: NASA's James Webb Space Telescope from Greenbelt, MD, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Henrietta Lacks: 14GTR, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Payne: Macfadden Publications-page 2., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David Huddleston: Trailer to "Breakheart Pass" (1975), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lynn Bari: Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jesse L. Martin: Dominick D, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Guy Gardner: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Louis A. Johnson: Abbie Rowe, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward James Gay: The Southern History Company, engraving by Williams NY, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Juan Thornhill: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Archibald Thomas Robertson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Carol M. Swain: Miller Center, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dan Daniel: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Randy Hundley: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ward Armstrong: cliff1066, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Roscoe Reynolds: PresidentCardinal76, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stacy Compton: Darryl Moran, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tarell Basham: AlexanderJonesi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Norwood Francis Allman: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons